On 10/20/18 8:50 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 10/19/18 18:27, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I think you want your script to open up a separate window with a list of files in a >> directory when you double-click >> a launcher. >> >> I didn't use the same directory since I don't have it. But I created some file in /tmp >> starting with 2018. And I use this >> form of the script. >> >> #!/bin/bash >> # SambaFiles >> >> cd /tmp >> >> xfce4-terminal -H -x ls -clr 2018* & >> >> And created a launcher for that. Works fine. >> >> Also, I think you meant to type "ls -clr" and not "ls -ctr"? > . > -c with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last modification of file status > information); with > -l: show ctime and sort by name; otherwise: sort by ctime, newest first > -r, --reverse > reverse order while sorting > > I often do "ll -ctr" to produce an ascending sort by time, get the most recent at the > bottom of a long list where I can see what I have just downloaded ... There may be a > more elegant way but it works for me, e.g. digital audio book files that I have to put > on a flash drive to use them. >> >> Yes, the -H is used to hold the window open. >> > . > Now I have: > > #!/bin/bash > # SambaFiles > > cd /tmp > xfce4-terminal --maximize -H -x ls -ctr /mnt/box48/2018* & > > And that works nicely. > > When I tried to show my daughter the video clips the VLC gui refused to work! I decided > I needed a convenient way to use vlc despite that problem. I suspect viewing the rtsp > cameras leaves vlc in some condition that I can't view the iPhone videos, I need to test > that hypothesis. > > Anyway this scheme works reliably. I can pick a file from the list it produces and open > it with vlc in a terminal. That in white text on black which I prefer. > > Thank you for the help, > OK.... You don't need the "cd /tmp". I had only done that doing my testing and didn't like the format when using -ctr. -- Cardinal Rule of Presentations: "Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them." _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
